The Vehicle of Food

    Buick's Discovery Tour Fuses Culinary Interests with Luxury Cars

    Food is a common denominator that we all share - everyone's got to eat. But oftentimes food is more than just energy for our body; it's a vehicle to bring family and friends together. And this past weekend, Buick used food to entice luxury buyers to explore their latest line of vehicles. Still facing antiquated opinions about its products - say 'Buick' and most people immediately think of their father or grandfather's car - Buick is re-branding itself, targeting a younger, affluent demographic, via culinary interests.

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    What's in Your Food?

    The truth behind some confusing ingredients in our food.

    When was the last time you actually stopped to look at the ingredients on a nutrition label while grocery shopping? For most of us, we know what we like, and so when buying food we tend to purchase the same things. But do we actually know what's in most of the food we consume? Maybe you don't care, or maybe you do, but either way the labels on many foods contain annoyingly verbose ingredients. We break down some of this confusing labeling, in order of gross to hazardous.

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    Bread Is Evil.

    How to lose a little weight by eliminating a staple from your diet.

    If bread is evil why does cutting it out of your diet sound like a living hell? The answer:Nobody wants to stop eating bread. It's been a staple of every known group's diet, from the Mayans to Manischewitzs, before that, even. If we're not starting out our day with bagels and scones, or putting away burgers, brats, pastrami sandwiches, hotdogs and pizzas by the dozens every week, then we shop on auto pilot-- buying things that only go with bread-peanut butter, cheese, eggs, and turkey-and end up throwing away the rotting veggies and fruit that we all bought with the right intentions.

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    Hosting Memorial Day on the Cheap

    A Memorial Day party fit for a prince, on a pauper's budget.

    Few weekends are as well-known for their party potential as Memorial Day weekend. As one of only a small handful of three-day weekends, the third weekend in May is a perfect choice to celebrate the beginning of summer. As you might expect, parties abound over the course of all three days. You might even be thinking about throwing one yourself. If money is a concern, there are still a number of ways to host a great shindig without losing your figurative shirt.

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    Where's My Glazed Donut Egg Sandwich?

    Unless you live in eastern Mass., you can't have it. Yet.

    You may have read one of the many articles recently written about Dunkin' Donuts' Glazed Donut Egg Sandwich-which is, as its name suggests, an egg and bacon breakfast sandwich served on a glazed donut-and been frustrated to learn that you can't buy one at your neighborhood DD. So why is something that isn't available getting so much attention? And why isn't it available anywhere outside one very small area? It's all part of the plan when a new fast food item is introduced.

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    Vegan Black Metal Chefs Rocks, Also Cooks.

    YouTube cooks offer up healthy food along with head banging tunes.

    When you think of black metal, you tend to think of Norwegian bands with names like Cradle of Filth, Bestial Warlust, Hellhammer, and Impaled Nazarene. You don't generally think of vegan waffles, tempura asparagus sushi, or fake-meat bagel sandwiches. But Brian Manowitz, aka the vegan black metal chef, loves healthy eating every bit as much as he loves head banging, and his YouTube videos have created quite a sensation.

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